#E4DA4F#E4DA4F

#E4DA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DA4F
RGB	rgb(228, 218, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -12.69, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 68.08, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0409 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4798, 67.2034, 17.2867)
Luminance	0.6720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DA4F #4F59E4

analogous

#E48F4F #E4DA4F #A4E44F

triadic

#E4DA4F #4FE4DA #DA4FE4

tetradic

#E4DA4F #4FE48F #4F59E4 #E44FA4

square

#E4DA4F #4FE48F #4F59E4 #E44FA4

split-complementary

#E4DA4F #4FA4E4 #8F4FE4

monochromatic

#A09719 #D5C921 #E4DA4F #ECE584 #F4F0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E4DA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#E4DA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DA4F

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DA4F	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4da4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 218, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e587',
    500: '#e4da4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4da4f;
$custom-light: #f0e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4da4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.973,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87155,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DA4F

secondary

#343CA3

accent

#1DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DA4F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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